We have a new addition to announce to the Ivanlam clan..........born March 18th, a husky we have named Ambrose.
Tiffany has been saying she would like a new puppy for the kids to train over the summer and we had been checking the newspaper classifieds. All the husky ads are priced $350 and up. But Friday I noticed an ad that had husky pups listed at $150. A phone call was made Friday night, the breeders were in Stockport, IA, a farm community about 50 miles east of Burlington. So we made the 2 hour drive Saturday night to pick one out.
Abbi and Elli thought we were visiting some old friends, when we got to the farm they saw the dogs in a kennel and I told them to go take a look and to pick one out. They were pleasantly surprised! We picked one out and headed back home with our nameless dog.
Tiff and I had been writing names down out of some old baby books, and Gabe gave a few choices as well. The ride home we narrowed it down to seven...Ace, Zeke, Gibson, Samson, Xander and Marshall, (McLovin' didn't make the cut!!). But the kids felt very strong about one name....Ambrose. So, following a short family meeting after the power when out during a Sunday morning storm, we decided to make it official.....Ambrose was the name.
He is white and has some color around his face and back that is a mix of brown and grey. He spent all his time outside on the farm so he is slowly adjusting to life inside. His first night was OK, he slept in his kennel next to Abbi who slept on the floor. A couple times during the night he started howling, Tiff noticed Abbi had rolled over so he couldn't see her face. She rolled Abbi back over and he fell back asleep.
He has eaten a couple times and has been drinking water but he has spent more time sleeping than anything else. I made a short film of our first 24 hours with Ambrose which is below. Abbi talks in a soft voice about his birthday, being so close to the kids' birthdays, saying "He is already part of the family because our birthdays are in March". Birthday week just got a little more crowded!!!!
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